All accommodations, transport in Japan* • and admission to activities • A professional guide for the entire scheduled trip! • Concierge and turndown services to make your trip uniquely yours • Custom flight options (for an extra cost) • Much more!

*Rail/Bus transit that is not on the itinerary may cost extra in some cases.

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This ain’t a tour. It’s the ultimate anime fan experience – and it comes with unparalleled flexibility.

You’ve spent months scouring the internet, navigating sites filled with misinformation while scrounging to book Ghibli Museum tickets and an Air B&B that the Japanese government could kick you out of any minute. You’ve planned out every hour. You’ve done a ton of research. By the end, you’re exhausted and thinking, “Hey, isn’t a vacation supposed to be… fun?” We couldn’t agree more.

Animated Spring has been tooled and re-tooled for almost a decade to create a Japan travel experience that helps you cross everything off your wishlist (and shopping list!), see the best of Japan, and keep your sanity in the process. We’re veterans of the anime industry who understand that anime fans are just as interested in exploring, partying under the cherry blossoms, and having a good time as they are shopping – but don’t worry, we’ll help you find that figure/doujin/Blu Ray/game on your wishlist too!

We’ll explore Anime hotspots like Akihabara, Nakano Broadway, Ikebukuro (home to the re-designed Pokemon Center and fangirl paradise Otome Road) and the Ghibli Museum. In Kansai†, you’ll get to explore Kyoto’s famous temples and shrines, shop Osaka’s “Otaku Road” in Namba, savor the region’s famous food, and take in the views a gondola in the mountains above Kobe. Plus, because we know there’s so much more than shopping on your wish list, we’ll also visit cultural sites like Meiji Jingu Shrine, cruise across the bay on a futuristic ferry designed by Leiji Matsumoto, and party with the locals at an Izakaya Dinner. Want more? Join optional trips to scenic Mt. Nokogiri, Tokyo Disney Sea, a fantastic hot spring “theme park” on Odaiba, and/or a fancy dinner on a Yakatabune longboat in Tokyo Bay! If this sounds like a lot, don’t worry; there’s also a full free day so you can shop more, check out a different spot in the city, or just relax and admire the loot you bought in Akihabara. ^_~

In 2020, we’re adding even more to the trip too! We’ll be spending a full second day in Kyoto so we can check out the bamboo forests of Arashiyama and the magnificent Himeji Castle. In addition, starting in 2020, you’ll be able to fly to Osaka or either Tokyo airport† to join the trip, giving you even more ways to join the fun.

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After you arrive in Osaka or Tokyo, we’ll begin with a scenic view of Kobe from the mountains before we head to Osaka shop “Otaku Road” in Namba.

Day 4: Kyoto!

You’ll see the legendary “golden pavilion” of Kinkakuji, the old-school streets of Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka, temples, hidden treasures, and even a special evening light up of the cherry blossoms at Nijo Castle!